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Town Hall Meeting on Inequities in Clinical Trials Documents Ongoing 'Tuskegee Effect' When Recruiting Minorities for Research Studies
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, November 14th, 2008
What is keeping so many Americans and especially racial and ethnic minorities from taking part in medical studies for diseases from asthma to cancer' According to more than 100 political leaders, public health officials and patient advocates meeting in Harlem to address the under-representation of women, older adults, and minorities in clinical research studies, one of the most difficult stumbling blocks is overcoming the "Tuskegee Effect" -- the more than 30 years of lingering fear among a large number of African Americans and Latinos that taking part in treatment trials results in inferior care.
Taking place on October 20 at the Harlem Hospital Center, the meeting was...
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